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Iran Fajr International Challenge, Austrian International Challenge, and YONEX German Open Badminton Championships....
I hope PBSI will send our youngsters there, at least one of them, or maybe Austrian Challenge followed by German Open....
While the seniors will compete in Thomas and Uber cup qualification....
really hope this plan happend....

...Hadi Nasri, head of athletes’ development at the association known as the PBSI, assured fans that youth development efforts were underway.

“We know our senior players have been playing poorly, but trust me that we are trying everything possible for the sake of regeneration, including giving young players more exposure on the world stage,” Hadi said. “We are trying to save our badminton, which has brought pride to the country in world-class competitions, including the Olympics.”

...“Sending them to lower-level tournaments is better for their mental strength. Once they win a tournament, it will grow their confidence to play at a higher level. But if we push them to play in higher-level tournaments, such as the Super Series, and they lose to tougher opponents in the first round, it will hurt their confidence,” he said.

Though perhaps not quickly enough for some observers, green shoots of recovery have started to emerge with youngsters showing well in recent tournaments.

...Bellaetrix said she was excited about having the chance to face more international competition.

“It’s good that the PBSI has started to send us on more international tours,” she said. “I heard that they will send me on 10 tours this year, which is good, though it’s still far less than Thailand. They send their young players to 20 tournaments each year.

“Look at Thailand, which trusts its young players. The benefit of sending youngsters is that they play without pressure, which helps their confidence.”

...The regeneration effort will also include coaches, nutritionists, psychologists and talent scouts, he added, as the PBSI keeps its local and national coaches up to date on the latest techniques through workshops

Realistically speaking, take for example MS:How on earth PBSI is going to allocate tourneys for 8 back-up players? What's the rationale for recruiting 8 back-up players when funds are supposedly limited?

Ditto for WS and in particular MD, with the new additions of 3 pairs. Even with the 4 back-up pairs in 2011 (Agripinna/Markus, Ulin/Ricky, Andrei/Christopher, and Berry/Rahmat), they were sent to less than 10 tourneys.

Good luck to the junior players/pairs....they really need it as most of them may well end up rotting in Pelatnas.

Something wrong in PBSI Talent Scouter Division, The Promotion look good only in XD, WD & MD are bad.

In Point Scale 0 to 10, I give my opinion to these decision.

XD : 8 pts
Good Decision to hire Alfian/Gloria & Lukhi/Saufika
I will give 9 pts if PBSI cut one or two less progress pair.

MS : 7 pts
I agree those decision except Siswanto, he doesn't have any progress during 3 years in Pelatnas.

WS : 5 pts
I don't see any reason keep Milicent Wiranto in Pelatnas plus cut more than a half the number of WS players. Too many players in there while we don't have any promising talent.

WD : 4 pts
Too much players and the composition are mostly small build & chubby players. Deariska/Melvira looked similar style, big power but less trick. Looking the composition, I just take hope to Anneke/Nitya and XD player who play in WD.

WS - also 11 players. The ideal is around 6. No pt spending too much money keeping the underperforming players in Pelatnas!

MD - 10 pairs or 20 players! How are you going to manage them? Geez. The ideal is around 6-8 pairs. Names like Hardianto, Wahyu Nayaka, Ade Yusuf Santoso are really not the best talents we have in MD! However, I think it's good news for the Djarum players that they were not selected. It's better for them to be trained in Djarum by Sigit Budiarto!

WD - 8 pairs or 16 players! Again, the ideal number should be around 6 pairs.

XD - 8 pairs of 16 players! I agree with Sandythat this is probably the field which offers the most potential. But again, it would be ideal to have around 6 pairs.

Total = 74 players! I thought PBSI once said that they could only accomodate at most 64 players?